Tuesday, November 20, 1917

A wonderful day. We put up the field kitchen and it nearly smoked us out. After a while it did fine. It is a God send. We can bake four pies and fry donuts at the same time. A great day. More Information The following section provides historical context and is not part of the … Continue reading Tuesday, November 20, 1917

Saturday, November 17, 1917

Baked pies, cakes, and donuts and, my, it was a fine day. God is good and all is well. Bought some goods for aprons. Only 50 cents a yard. More Information The following section provides historical context and is not part of the original diary entry. Likely location: Demange-aux-Eaux, Meuse, France 📍 View this … Continue reading Saturday, November 17, 1917

Friday, November 16, 1917

Baked pies. 32, all ordered. A fine day. More Information The following section provides historical context and is not part of the original diary entry. Likely location: Demange-aux-Eaux, Meuse, France 📍 View this location on Google Maps By November 1917, the AEF training zone was fully established. American soldiers were learning trench warfare from French … Continue reading Friday, November 16, 1917

Wednesday, November 14, 1917

Meeting. Song Service. Made 20 pies and 300 donuts. The men come over on horseback and call, “Any pies today?” One of the officers came in and when he saw the pies he said, “Oh, homemade!” and took a sample and then a pie. More Information The following section provides historical context and is not … Continue reading Wednesday, November 14, 1917

Tuesday, November 13, 1917

A bright, cold, and sunny day. Made donuts and 15 pies and they were all gone in one hour. Adj. and Lynton came and stayed all night. They helped in the evening and we were glad of the help. Got a lot of tobacco and will give it away. Major Ruggles came and … Continue reading Tuesday, November 13, 1917

Saturday, November 10, 1917

Made 26 pies and about 250 cookies. Served coffee all afternoon and evening and was too busy to think. Payday. Col. came and brought supplies and stayed all night. It rained and was a terrible night. More Information The following section provides historical context and is not part of the original diary entry. … Continue reading Saturday, November 10, 1917

Thursday, November 8, 1917

Made cakes and straitened my things. Meeting at night, and we had a very good meeting. About seven hundred boys were in. Had a rushing time with the coffee. More Information The following section provides historical context and is not part of the original diary entry. Likely location: Demange-aux-Eaux, Meuse, France 📍 View this … Continue reading Thursday, November 8, 1917

Wednesday, November 7, 1917

Raining. Baked 150 doughnuts and 22 pies. Col. came and brought supplies and stayed for dinner. Had a busy afternoon, and at night the hut was crowded and the men were glad for the coffee .Went to bed tired and happy. More Information The following section provides historical context and is not part of the … Continue reading Wednesday, November 7, 1917

Monday, November 5, 1917

A very fine day but a day of many trials. But God was good. Made cakes and donuts. Was tired at night. A few French soldiers went by. More Information The following section provides historical context and is not part of the original diary entry. Likely location: Demange-aux-Eaux, Meuse, France 📍 View this … Continue reading Monday, November 5, 1917

Saturday, November 3, 1917

Cooking, made pies and donuts. Watched the French troops go by. It is interesting the way they hitch their horses, in tandem, one after the other, and the stoves on wheels. The poor men looked tired but cheerful. It was a long line of wagons, horses, and men on foot. Then the town crier came … Continue reading Saturday, November 3, 1917